Brady Tkachuk will miss at least four weeks for the Ottawa Senators because of an injury to his right hand, coach Travis Green announced Tuesday.

The forward and Senators captain was injured during a 4-1 loss to the Nashville Predators on Monday when he was cross-checked by defenseman Roman Josi in the first period. Tkachuk stayed in the game before missing the last 9:04 of the third period.

“He’s going to miss a significant amount of time,” Green said. “We’ll know more in the next 24 hours. We don’t know exactly, but it’s four weeks plus. We don’t know exactly.”

Green said surgery has not been ruled out.

Tkachuk has three assists in three games for Ottawa (1-2-0) this season. He had 55 points (29 goals, 26 assists) in 72 games last season, helping the Senators qualify for the Stanl

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